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40

RETURN No. 25. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Return of the Number of Vessels discharged and loaded at the Ports of Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, and Bluff, for the Year ending 31st March, 1889.

RETURN No. 26. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Showing Mileage of Track in Main Line and Sidings open for Traffic on 31st March, 1889, on the Hurunui-Bluff Railway and Branches.

Port. 1887-88. 1888-89. Increase. Decrease. >ISOHAKQED :— Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff No. i>485 321 302 357 38 270 No. l>391 3°7 286 333 46 316 No. No. 94 14 16 8 46 24 Totals 2,773 2,679 54 148 1OADED : — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Puneclhi Bluff 1.432 320 296 359 6 265 1,360 307 283 333 8 72 13 13 26 2 45 310 Totals 2,678 2,601 47 124

Line of Raihvav. Main Line. Branches. Total Railway. Sidings. Total Equivalent of Sin«!e Main Line. Branches. Total. Track. Single. Double. Jheistciiubch Division : — Main Line ... Kangiora to Sheffield, and Eyreton Junction to Bennett's Southbridge and Little River Branches Springfield and Whitecliffe Branches Mount Somers Branch Albury Branch Waimate Branch Bakaia and Ashburton Forks Branch Waimate Gorge Branch M. ch. 211 57 M. ch. 6 28 M. eh. M. ch. 218 s M. ch. <5i 43 M. ch. M. oh,. 61 43 M. ch. 279 48 58 14 53 57 4 37 48 7 5 11 53 18 42 26 4 68 47 H 23 28 3 6 13 4 46 22 20 1 11 2 42 1 4 2 Si 24 39 38 55 5 So 24 71 8 21 238 S8 o 54 22 38 8 75 Totals, Christchurch Division 211 57 6 28 238 S 8 456 63 61 43 22 38 84 1 540 64 Junedin Division : — Main Line ... Pukeuri-Duntroon Branch Duntroon-Hakateramea Branch Oamaru-Breakwater Branch ... Ngapara & Livingstone Branches Shag Point Branch Waihemo Branch Port Chalmers Branch ... Walton Park Branch... Outrara Branch Lawrence Branch Catlin's River Branch Tapanui Branch 190 65 22 3 iS 38 0 63 26 72 2 11 8 55 1 27 2 49 9 o 22 o 7 76 20 4 190 6$ 46 2 1 35 1 3 0 23 1 76 o 10 o 57 3 4i o S2 0 65 1 79 o 50 2 8 46 2 236 67 23 38 16 41 1 6 28 68 2 21 9 32 4 68 3 21 9 65 23 79 8 46 22 12 I38'" 7 8 >5 19 Totals, Dunedin Division ... 190 65 138 78 329 63 46 2 15 19 61 21 39 x 4 JTVEBCAEGHlIi DIVISION : — Main Line ... Waimea Plains Branch Wyndham Branch Seaward Bush Branch Kingston Branch Makarewa-Orepuki Branch Thornbury-Wairio and WairioKightcaps Branch Lumsden-Mararoa Branch 57 9 36 40 3 73 11 25 87 o 35 52 24 5 1 57 9 14 6g 1 55 o 43 o 56 5 25 4 5 2 34 14 69 71 78 38 15 4 S 6 12 1 92 25 39 57 27 5 10 41 209 42 266 51 1 o IS 58 11 41 Totals, Invercargill Division 57 9 209 42 14 69 i5 58 30 47 J 297 18 Orand Totals—Whole Line 6 28 587 18 175 69 1229 6 459 51 IO53 17 122 34 53 35